
“God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.”
Source: Ulysses
“God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.”
“God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.”
Originally in A. Borde Dietary of Health xi. (1542 )
Used and popularised by Deloney in 1574. Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7PMZJqSR4sAC&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=god+sends+meat+deloney&source=bl&ots=ASloRAQyP1&sig=xQyq5EwO7MuEouEj2kHOFGMvuE8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UW_3UqP3DYGGhQfrnIGwBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=god%20sends%20meat%20deloney&f=false
“1688. God sends Meat, and the Devil sends Cooks.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1735) : Bad Commentators spoil the best of books, So God sends meat (they say) the devil cooks.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“God made the bulk; surfaces were invented by the devil.”
As quoted in Growth, Dissolution, and Pattern Formation in Geosystems (1999) by Bjørn Jamtveit and Paul Meakin, p. 291
Interview with Chris Tan http://www.foodfella.com/Writing%20Pages/Bourdain.html
“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”
Indirect quote on The National (CBC TV), Aug. 13
“You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips.”
In regards to fame<sup> https://web.archive.org/web/20070314185437/http://www.craveonline.com/humor/articles/04647576/everybody_loves_chris.html</sup>
Miscellaneous
“Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made”
Source: Clockwork Angel